What mobile phone does your employer provide?
Poll: What mobile phone does your employer provide?
Total Members Polled: 226
Discussion
A quick basic poll around what they offer and what you'd prefer.
I'd be appreciative of any opinions and if it could stay here vs. being moved to the Computer forum as I would like people who don't just have an interest in technology to see it please.
Prefer if it didn't turn into iOS vs. Android, just want to get an idea if there's any obvious trend on both what employers are doing and what employees want
I'd be appreciative of any opinions and if it could stay here vs. being moved to the Computer forum as I would like people who don't just have an interest in technology to see it please.
Prefer if it didn't turn into iOS vs. Android, just want to get an idea if there's any obvious trend on both what employers are doing and what employees want
Needs to allow more options to be selected at once.
They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.
They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.
Fastdruid said:
Needs to allow more options to be selected at once.
They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.
Fixed, could have sworn I made it multi-choice but apparently not They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.
Truckosaurus said:
We have the choice of an iPhone SE or some sort of Motorola Android phone for free, or can get a discounted price on a number of other phones if you want to upgrade with your own money.
Presume they give you a plan where personal calls are included?Can't see why anyone would contribute their own money to a "work" phone otherwise?
We were all Blackberry ( which my sausage fingers didn't get on with) until the data centres went down/got hacked 3 years ago. Then got offered iphone 5s or samsung/htc/LG. Took the iphone as I'd asked for a mac instead of a PC to get used to them as our customers use them a lot.
Change time again soon, for both phone and laptop - not sure which way I'll go yet.
Out of interest - are you comparing the deal with other employers or are you the employer?
Change time again soon, for both phone and laptop - not sure which way I'll go yet.
Out of interest - are you comparing the deal with other employers or are you the employer?
bhstewie said:
Presume they give you a plan where personal calls are included?
Can't see why anyone would contribute their own money to a "work" phone otherwise?
Personal calls are changed to you via your payslip.Can't see why anyone would contribute their own money to a "work" phone otherwise?
I'm sure some show offs would want to have a massive iPhone 7 to appear important in meetings.
I use my own phone which I prefer as it means only carrying one phone around. They would pay any costs for calls or data that are work related but I think I've only gone over my allowances once because of work in the 8 years I've worked their (normally have as good as unlimited calls/texts).
bhstewie said:
How does that work out in practise?
I'd be concerned the company spends more working out that you own them £2/month (or whatever) than is worth recovering.
If you have no external contact with customers and only internal calls, should be pretty easy, as business mobile deals can include free internal calls.I'd be concerned the company spends more working out that you own them £2/month (or whatever) than is worth recovering.
At a previous company I used to go through my bill and highlight the work calls, then add half the standing charge, then add the VAT.
Then add the 1 hour that it took me to work out - as overtime on my time sheet
I would think the goodwill would be more than the average tenner a month you'd recoup from employees.
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